Did you miss George W. Bush's head on a stick on Game of Thrones?

Note,
this is not George W. Bush's real head. It is, in fact, a fake
decapitated head resembling the former U.S. president, which you can see
in season one of "Game of Thrones" if you watch closely. (HBO)

It's not uncommon to see heads on sticks on the popular (and violent) HBO fantasy show "Game of Thrones," but a former U.S. president's?

IO9.com recently pointed out
a little Easter egg hidden in season one of the show where you can spot
the likeness of George W. Bush's decapitated head on a stick decorating
the King's Landing.

Gross.

The report says you can spot
W's noggin about 12 minutes into episode 10 of season one. But this isn't some maybe-it's-there-maybe-it-isn't scene like where people claim to see the word "sex" spelled out in "The Lion King." The
show's creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss confirmed it's meant to be
Bush on the "Game of Thrones" DVD commentary.

IO9 even received a statement from
HBO about it, which reads "We were deeply dismayed to see this and find
it unacceptable, disrespectful and in very bad taste. We made this clear
to the executive producers of the series who apologized immediately for
this inadvertent careless mistake. We are sorry this happened and will
have it removed from any future DVD production."

And just when HBO must have thought they had a strong conservative fan base. Poof.